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Sliding hard keys

US9465375B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

17Claims

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Assignees

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE
AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Matthew JOLDA · Palo Alto, US
Megan A. McClain · Cupertino, US
Aaron Rudolph · Montara, US
Stefan Henze · Braunschweig, DE
James Toggweiler · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2013
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/18576
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A console includes a display and a plurality of individually-actuatable modules, including a physical key configured to slide into and out of a surface of the console. The modules include a motor, a threaded shaft coupled to and extending from the motor, and a movable platform movably attached to the threaded shaft. The physical key is movably supported on the movable platform.

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